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topamax and weight loss
Fri, 09/15/2006 - 21:59Comments
Re: topamax and weight loss
Submitted by thomas regnard on Fri, 2009-05-01 - 11:04
Hi,
Being overweight or even obese can increase the risks of diabetes, stroke, heart attack, etc. Believe me I know. Did you know that obesity is responsible for aver 325 000 deaths every year. And as soon as you decide to lose weight, the nightmare began. What program should I use? What are the risks? Why my last diet did not work? What food should I eat?, etc. I have a blog that has some information on some of what I’ve been writing about. If you feel like checking it out. I would completely suggest it. http://guide-to-successful-weight-loss.blogspot.com/
Losing weight while having fun is possible. I did it why not you.
Hi,
Being overweight or even obese can increase the risks of diabetes, stroke, heart attack, etc. Believe me I know. Did you know that obesity is responsible for aver 325 000 deaths every year. And as soon as you decide to lose weight, the nightmare began. What program should I use? What are the risks? Why my last diet did not work? What food should I eat?, etc. I have a blog that has some information on some of what I’ve been writing about. If you feel like checking it out. I would completely suggest it. http://guide-to-successful-weight-loss.blogspot.com/
Losing weight while having fun is possible. I did it why not you.
Re: topamax and weight loss
Submitted by mynathan on Mon, 2009-02-09 - 21:37
My son is 19 years old and has been on KEPRA and Topomax for a year now. He has lost weight and there are days that he just won't eat and just wants to sleep. He still has seizures..around every other day or so. They have increased the KEPRA to 3,000 mgs a day and Topomax 300 mgs a day. He had childhood epilepsy and at 14 they took him off his meds (he wasn't on KEPRA back then). He did fine for 5 years and then the seizures came back. He is now a candidate for brain surgery because they found a lesion on the left temporal lobe of his brain, where the seizures are coming from. He has the Wada test on Thursday (look it up...it's very invasive but they do this before they schedule the surgery). He wants to drive again, it's been a year. So hopefully the brain surgery will finally give him some relief. He's been suffering too long.